Riverdale's walk of frames

Queen East will give the epically avant-garde Queen West a run - make that a walk - for its rep this weekend with the 11th annual Riverdale Art Walk. The RAW crawl exhibits works by "100 of the best artists in Ontario" (so say organizers) at venues along Queen East, Carlaw and at Jimmie Simpson Park. The first in the city's season of al fresco art shows, RAW launches the outdoor scene with local colour. The juried show - panelists include AGO artophile Diane Boyer - is put on by the Riverdale Artists' Network, a 150-member collective run out of east-end arty hub the Hang Man Gallery. Jurist Rod Trider says of the bigger-than-ever event: "We have a really strong selection this year, with lots of young edgier work to keep people on their toes." Here, some critical picks for collectors who can walk, bike, or TTC the circuit, with a stop in the new Steam Whistle beer tent should inspiration run dry.

3. Hamilton-based pastelist Gordon Leverton took a Best of RAW award last year for his stark and moody Hopperesque cityscapes of GTA and Hamilton streets. This year, he paints the town with increasingly abstract sensibility. Jimmie Simpson Park

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